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Autonomous Device for Converting Food Waste into Fertilizer
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Agriculture and Mechanical
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I5-1711752
Abstract
The study relies on the development of a device that helps in decomposition of wet waste such as food and more wastes like it. The prototype focuses on developing a device that converts food waste into fertilizer without any of the human intervention. Old traditional method depends on digging a larger pit in which all the wet waste is dumped and turned into a compost. Compost is a term that defines the process of converting the food waste which helps in turning the normal soil into a nutrient rich soil that enhances the vitamins and nutrients of an individual plant or tree grown on the soil. Fertilizer is a more relative term to compost but here the type of producing it and the utilization totally differs. A fertilizer helps in increasing the growth rate of a plant rapidly by acting as an additional source of nutrient. Also, the traditional method takes more than 30 to 90 days for completely converting the food waste into a useful compost. So, this device helps in converting the food waste into fertilizer faster than the traditional process and making it a more profitable product for each and every individual who use this device.
Keywords
Decomposition, Wet Waste, Fertilizer, Human Intervention, Compost, Autonomous Device, Profitable Product.
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How to cite this paper
@article{1711752,
author = {Akash S.},
title = {Autonomous Device for Converting Food Waste into Fertilizer},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2025},
volume = {9},
number = {5},
pages = {440-444},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1711752.pdf},
abstract = {The study relies on the development of a device that helps in decomposition of wet waste such as food and more wastes like it. The prototype focuses on developing a device that converts food waste into fertilizer without any of the human intervention. Old traditional method depends on digging a larger pit in which all the wet waste is dumped and turned into a compost. Compost is a term that defines the process of converting the food waste which helps in turning the normal soil into a nutrient rich soil that enhances the vitamins and nutrients of an individual plant or tree grown on the soil. Fertilizer is a more relative term to compost but here the type of producing it and the utilization totally differs. A fertilizer helps in increasing the growth rate of a plant rapidly by acting as an additional source of nutrient. Also, the traditional method takes more than 30 to 90 days for completely converting the food waste into a useful compost. So, this device helps in converting the food waste into fertilizer faster than the traditional process and making it a more profitable product for each and every individual who use this device.},
keywords = {Decomposition, Wet Waste, Fertilizer, Human Intervention, Compost, Autonomous Device, Profitable Product.},
month = {November},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I5-1711752}
}